Question

read the sentence.
the look on the villain’s face seemed to be bursting with evil, and gave the moviegoers the chills.
based on its structure, which word most likely has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase?
○ apathy
○ baleful
○ dormant
○ exhume

Explanation:

First, analyze the meaning of "bursting with evil" (from the context of the villain's face). Now, check each option:

• Apathy: Lack of interest/feeling, opposite of having evil energy. Eliminate.
• Baleful: Meaningful of evil, harmful, or threatening. Matches the "evil" context.
• Dormant: Inactive, has nothing to do with evil. Eliminate.
• Exhume: Dig up a corpse, irrelevant. Eliminate.

So the word with the closest meaning is baleful.

Answer:

The option with "baleful" (the third option, assuming the options are ordered as apathy, baleful, dormant, exhume; adjust identifier if needed, e.g., if options are labeled as A: apathy, B: baleful, C: dormant, D: exhume, then B. baleful)